Determining whether a browser supports an event

isEventSupported.js

function is( obj, type ) {
    return typeof obj === type;
}

var isEventSupported = (function() {

  var TAGNAMES = {
    'select': 'input', 'change': 'input',
    'submit': 'form', 'reset': 'form',
    'error': 'img', 'load': 'img', 'abort': 'img'
  };

  function isEventSupported( eventName, element ) {

    element = element || document.createElement(TAGNAMES[eventName] || 'div');
    eventName = 'on' + eventName;

    var isSupported = eventName in element;

    if ( !isSupported ) {
      if ( !element.setAttribute ) {
        element = document.createElement('div');
      }
      if ( element.setAttribute && element.removeAttribute ) {
        element.setAttribute(eventName, '');
        isSupported = is(element[eventName], 'function');

        if ( !is(element[eventName], 'undefined') ) {
          element[eventName] = undefined;
        }
        element.removeAttribute(eventName);
      }
    }

    element = null;
    return isSupported;
  }
  return isEventSupported;
})();

test.js

isEventSupported('click', document.body)